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i don't know if we can get back to what is a normalized environment. what does that even mean? i can't value it. i don't know how to value. >> i think it's interesting, the mainstream press. the front page of the washington post is the spring swoon and how we cannot seem to escape this economic decline and we've seen the past couple of springs and the front page of the journal is walmart and kohl's taking more time to pay their supplier, a trend they say is getting worse. those are not marginal positives, jim. i look at bank of america. i look at j.p. morgan and i say i'll pay 83.5 for 50,000 j & j. the trade is i don't want to mess with the stuff. proctor, look, he's making the quarter. he's going to make the quarter. >> raw costs coming down and coca-cola, by the way. raw costs are coming down, but they will come down. another one that is just where people are hiding. david, it's hide and don't seek. >> it is, but to carl's point, we've come out of the last few years and animal spirits start to feel strong. >> right. underlying economic growth is strong and everyone is revisi
i don't know if we can get back to what is a normalized environment. what does that even mean? i can't value it. i don't know how to value. >> i think it's interesting, the mainstream press. the front page of the washington post is the spring swoon and how we cannot seem to escape this economic decline and we've seen the past couple of springs and the front page of the journal is walmart and kohl's taking more time to pay their supplier, a trend they say is getting worse. those are not...
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company growing the total addressable market improving profitability and it improves the competitive environment even more. i think you have a great, virtuous cycle that's kicking in. >> that cuts to the fundamental question about netflix whether it's growing fast enough to pay for the international expansion and to pay for the content bills that it's rack up. >> if you look in detail at these figures who which you have to still, the loss overseas is $77 million and the negative free cash flow is 42 million, tony. >> there are a couple of things that have gone on in this quarter. one, we do see these improvements in the use of accounts payable which in the cash flow and the u.s. streaming business scale better which should provide more cash flow and the dvd business is not declining as fast and these guys are managing the business pretty well. if i can on the international, it's down, but not down as much assy we expected and the way to think about that is maybe these international markets are getting to profitability sooner than expected and it may not be as big of a drag as people thought goin
company growing the total addressable market improving profitability and it improves the competitive environment even more. i think you have a great, virtuous cycle that's kicking in. >> that cuts to the fundamental question about netflix whether it's growing fast enough to pay for the international expansion and to pay for the content bills that it's rack up. >> if you look in detail at these figures who which you have to still, the loss overseas is $77 million and the negative...
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we're helping the environment. there have been studies where our emissions have gone down. hard partly because of the slowdown and partly because year starting to use natural gas. >> i think he would be a great acquisition to your team. >> i'm ready. >> carl, back to you. >> before you go, i know you've got some pictures to share with us. a lot of people may not realize just what kind of weather the midwest got over the past week. >> i'll tell you what, the first two pictures, folks, the santellis at 5:30 in the morning, my wife and i made it through the first two pictures. we call it dead man's curve. it's right down the street from my house. see the problem is, certain suburbs had five inches, other suburbs had eight inches between wednesday and thursday. many suburbs had over ten inches of rain. and the problem in my uncorporated area of having 35 miles west of the city, very rural, wasn't my house. we planned. you know, we had backups. i have sump pumps that can probably empty lake michigan in an hour, okay? the problem is it's the arteries to go places. couldn't go any
we're helping the environment. there have been studies where our emissions have gone down. hard partly because of the slowdown and partly because year starting to use natural gas. >> i think he would be a great acquisition to your team. >> i'm ready. >> carl, back to you. >> before you go, i know you've got some pictures to share with us. a lot of people may not realize just what kind of weather the midwest got over the past week. >> i'll tell you what, the first...
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grace, economic environment, more challenging than we had planned. and ethan allen whose conference call is going on as we speak now. lots of excuses, easter, passover, sandy. but this nugget i found intriguing, lower shipments to our retailer in china. this has always been a pride -- >> international sales. >> they're made in the u.s. and sell to china. on the call just now, the ceo said, you know, these chinese companies, the chinese recently had accumulated inventory, that was planned and unplanned, very interesting choice of words. in anticipation of higher sales and opening more stores. that hasn't happened so far. is that saying something about china or saying something about the business model of ethan allen as it pertains to china. >> yeah. third quarter we should note is the season slowest for ethan allen. weren't expecting too much by way of strength. but you've got to -- fair disclosure here, spend a lot of money at ethan allen. >> they loss -- didn't make it this quarter. >> spending money on ethan allen personally through purchases. >> t
grace, economic environment, more challenging than we had planned. and ethan allen whose conference call is going on as we speak now. lots of excuses, easter, passover, sandy. but this nugget i found intriguing, lower shipments to our retailer in china. this has always been a pride -- >> international sales. >> they're made in the u.s. and sell to china. on the call just now, the ceo said, you know, these chinese companies, the chinese recently had accumulated inventory, that was...
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it's a tough environment. this is an economy that allow earnings to continue to grow. >> we knew margins were going to be a challenge getting into the year. do any of the warnings, any of the rust bell guidance that has come down give you any concern about capex which has been one of the bull's big arguments? >> not too much. when i look at the guidance, the guidance is negative relative to recent history. but when it comes to margins, we think we'll see 3% productivity growth in the first quarter. that is not bad. this is an economy in which we vice president seen much productivity growth to this point. i think it's picking up a little bit here. i think that will ret up a little bit. we're not looking for explosive earnings growth. we'll go to a 5% pace over the next year or two. and the next big economic bump. and that should be good enough for the oil prices. >> it wasn't too long ago that people were putting three handles on. we had strategists putting aggressive targets on year s&p. does any of the data l
it's a tough environment. this is an economy that allow earnings to continue to grow. >> we knew margins were going to be a challenge getting into the year. do any of the warnings, any of the rust bell guidance that has come down give you any concern about capex which has been one of the bull's big arguments? >> not too much. when i look at the guidance, the guidance is negative relative to recent history. but when it comes to margins, we think we'll see 3% productivity growth in...
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so volumes were flat, you know, in the environment that they're dealing with, it's not bad. it's a sequential improvement versus what they did in the fourth quarter. they drive a huge piece of their volume and they've got a lot of big businesses in traditional western and southern europe een marks where the economists are doing very poorly. i think they're working incredibly hard. flat isn't a bad result. germany continues to be the better performer out of these marks although great britain was also up which was somewhat encouraging and markets like spain and italy and to a lesser extent, france, they just got so many economic headwinds, flat is not that bad and it's the new up, as they say. ? your price target is $43 which is basically where we are at the moment and what is the best way of making the best dividend in your you know verse. they've had a phenomenal run and we're seeing everybody move in and each with the move today coke is still slightly underperforming the group and there's been this fun flow issue. what you have to look at is some of the staples names and th
so volumes were flat, you know, in the environment that they're dealing with, it's not bad. it's a sequential improvement versus what they did in the fourth quarter. they drive a huge piece of their volume and they've got a lot of big businesses in traditional western and southern europe een marks where the economists are doing very poorly. i think they're working incredibly hard. flat isn't a bad result. germany continues to be the better performer out of these marks although great britain was...
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we hold the meaning of patriots day in history and the boston marathon to celebrate that in a family environment in a fun way. other people look at us differently. they look at patriotism as their enemy. they look at inon sense americans as targets. we are in a war here and we've got to deal with it accordingly. >> mayor, if you had to pinpoint some of issues, you bring up some of the difficulties in some of the ways that americans have to grapple with the idea of losing freedom, but also the idea of making sure that you feel secure in any of these areas. we talked to an analyst this morning who pointed out that the largest population of north secaucus former residents have to be in watertown, massachusetts, this is where this is all taking out and you live in a town that's a melting pot and has been for a long time. does that make it more difficult? >> boston area diversity has always been its strength, a large, young, student population, many from foreign countries have been our strength over the past years, over the past many years, but today we are vulnerable from international terrorist org
we hold the meaning of patriots day in history and the boston marathon to celebrate that in a family environment in a fun way. other people look at us differently. they look at patriotism as their enemy. they look at inon sense americans as targets. we are in a war here and we've got to deal with it accordingly. >> mayor, if you had to pinpoint some of issues, you bring up some of the difficulties in some of the ways that americans have to grapple with the idea of losing freedom, but also...